Aristide Economopoulos/The Star-LedgerFifty-six percent of New Jersey voters approve of Gov. Chris Christie, according to a Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll this morning.

TRENTON — Fifty-six percent of New Jersey voters approve of Gov. Chris Christie, according to a Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll this morning.

That’s Christie's highest ever rating in a Fairleigh Dickinson poll.

“It’s hard to imagine that a minority party governor could really do much better,” said poll director Peter Woolley. “Unless maybe he runs into a burning building and rescues an old lady. But that trick has been taken.”

Thirty-three percent of voters disapprove of Christie.

The poll also found 50 percent of voters think the state is headed in the right direction, while 41 percent say it’s in the wrong direction — a statistically insignificant change from the last time Fairleigh Dickinson asked the question in March.

“Two surveys in a row, it’s not a fluke,” said Woolley.

The Fairleigh Dickinson University poll of 797 registered voters was conducted from April 30 through May 6. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.